Journal rankings · indicator year 2019
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Field ranking · 2019
Neuroscience journal rankings 2019
328 ranked journals · Field in Life Sciences
Neuroscience has 328 ranked journals in 2019. Its median journal scores above the world average: OJR 1.06 against 1.00, up 0.04 on 2018. A journal needs OJR 1.52 to reach Q1. The top three are Nature Neuroscience, Nature Human Behaviour, and Journal of Pineal Research.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2019. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2016–2018, the window the 2019 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields in Neuroscience (8)
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Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2018. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2016–2018, the window the 2019 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2016–2018 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2010 to 2019. | Compare |
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1Nature NeuroscienceNature Portfolio · United States | 6.64Q1 | 19.11 0.24 up from 2018 | 693 | 69% | $12,690 | ||
2Nature Human BehaviourNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 5.71Q1 | 8.20 0.57 up from 2018 | 447 | 40% | $12,690 | ||
3Journal of Pineal ResearchWiley · Denmark | 4.71Q1 | 14.70 1.30 down from 2018 | 221 | 33% | $5,000 | ||
4Current Directions in Psychological ScienceSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 4.67Q1 | 8.24 1.48 up from 2018 | 240 | 37% | $3,900 | ||
5Psychological ReviewAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 4.67Q1 | 9.07 0.86 up from 2018 | 111 | 50% | — | ||
6Psychological ScienceSAGE Publishing · United States | 4.35Q1 | 7.17 1.02 up from 2018 | 566 | 38% | $3,900 | ||
7NeuronCell Press · United States | 4.23Q1 | 12.77 0.48 up from 2018 | 1,610 | 100% | $10,400 | ||
8Progress in NeurobiologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.79Q1 | 9.55 0.99 down from 2018 | 186 | 41% | $5,190 | ||
9Molecular PsychiatrySpringer Nature · United Kingdom | 3.53Q1 | 10.30 0.43 down from 2018 | 755 | 76% | $5,490 | ||
10Frontiers in NeuroendocrinologyElsevier BV · United States | 3.18Q1 | 9.37 1.40 up from 2018 | 110 | 48% | $4,800 | ||
11Cognitive PsychologyElsevier BV · United States | 3.09Q1 | 5.65 0.74 up from 2018 | 106 | 39% | $3,570 | ||
12npj Science of LearningOANature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 3.03Q1 | 5.00 0.74 down from 2018 | 50 | 100% | $2,690 | ||
13Neurobiology of StressOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.01Q1 | 5.73 3.59 down from 2018 | 104 | 100% | $4,050 | ||
14Annual Review of PsychologyAnnual Reviews · United States | 3.01Q1 | 18.92 0.64 down from 2018 | 74 | 38% | — | ||
15Behavior Research MethodsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 2.92Q1 | 4.74 0.20 up from 2018 | 457 | 99% | $3,990 | ||
16Neuroscience & Biobehavioral ReviewsElsevier BV · United States | 2.70Q1 | 9.80 0.03 down from 2018 | 940 | 54% | $4,860 | ||
17Journal of CognitionOAUbiquity Press · United Kingdom | 2.67Q1 | 5.33 4.66 up from 2018 | 43 | 100% | $1,240 | ||
18Journal of Experimental Psychology GeneralAmerican Psychological Association | 2.64Q1 | 4.66 0.01 down from 2018 | 397 | 35% | — | ||
19CognitionElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.64Q1 | 4.87 0.02 up from 2018 | 712 | 53% | $3,910 | ||
20Psychonomic Bulletin & ReviewSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 2.63Q1 | 6.19 1.17 up from 2018 | 557 | 96% | $3,790 | ||
21Molecular AutismOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.61Q1 | 7.55 0.16 down from 2018 | 179 | 100% | $3,990 | ||
22Developmental Cognitive NeuroscienceOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.61Q1 | 5.94 0.42 up from 2018 | 267 | 100% | $3,650 | ||
23Journal of NeuroinflammationOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.56Q1 | 6.93 0.18 up from 2018 | 895 | 100% | $4,090 | ||
24Current BiologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.56Q1 | 6.35 0.27 up from 2018 | 2,657 | 99% | $7,030 | ||
25Nature reviews. NeuroscienceNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 2.54Q1 | 12.92 0.53 up from 2018 | 503 | 24% | — | ||
26Biological PsychiatryElsevier BV · United States | 2.51Q1 | 6.40 0.65 up from 2018 | 949 | 17% | $5,489 | ||
27Translational PsychiatryOASpringer Nature · United States | 2.45Q1 | 6.88 0.02 down from 2018 | 857 | 100% | $5,290 | ||
28Annals of the New York Academy of SciencesWiley · United States | 2.44Q1 | 5.48 0.68 up from 2018 | 822 | 51% | $5,080 | ||
29Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Cognitive ScienceWiley · United States | 2.39Q1 | 4.49 0.37 up from 2018 | 93 | 36% | $4,150 | ||
30NeuroImageOAElsevier BV · United States | 2.38Q1 | 6.40 0.05 up from 2018 | 2,639 | 72% | $3,540 | ||
31Journal of Memory and LanguageElsevier BV · United States | 2.37Q1 | 5.04 0.86 down from 2018 | 221 | 57% | $4,670 | ||
32Trends in Cognitive SciencesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.27Q1 | 12.70 0.77 up from 2018 | 385 | 58% | $7,030 | ||
33NeuropsychopharmacologySpringer Nature · United States | 2.24Q1 | 5.82 0.37 down from 2018 | 866 | 100% | $5,290 | ||
34Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain SciencesSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.22Q1 | 2.19 0.15 down from 2018 | 85 | 31% | $3,400 | ||
35Mind & LanguageWiley · United Kingdom | 2.18Q1 | 3.39 0.93 up from 2018 | 112 | 44% | $4,150 | ||
36Brain InformaticsOASpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.17Q1 | 5.58 1.12 up from 2018 | 62 | 100% | $1,090 | ||
37Topics in Cognitive ScienceWiley · United States | 2.15Q1 | 3.30 0.56 up from 2018 | 207 | 78% | $3,470 | ||
38Social CognitionGuilford Press · United States | 2.14Q1 | 3.00 0.85 up from 2018 | 90 | 27% | — | ||
39Tissue BarriersTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.10Q1 | 4.93 0.62 down from 2018 | 70 | 100% | — | ||
40Social Cognitive and Affective NeuroscienceOAUniversity of Oxford · United Kingdom | 2.10Q1 | 4.43 0.53 down from 2018 | 452 | 100% | $2,379 | ||
41Journal of NeuroscienceSociety for Neuroscience · United States | 2.10Q1 | 5.74 0.55 down from 2018 | 3,151 | 99% | — | ||
42NeuroinformaticsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 2.08Q1 | 3.27 2.61 down from 2018 | 117 | 55% | $4,890 | ||
43British Journal of PsychologyWiley · United Kingdom | 2.05Q1 | 4.09 0.49 up from 2018 | 143 | 42% | $3,800 | ||
44Brain Behavior and ImmunityElsevier BV · United States | 2.04Q1 | 6.12 0.24 up from 2018 | 803 | 30% | $5,680 | ||
45NeuroImage ClinicalOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.02Q1 | 5.06 0.52 up from 2018 | 1,005 | 100% | $3,490 | ||
46GliaWiley · United States | 2.02Q1 | 6.02 0.18 up from 2018 | 480 | 54% | $5,450 | ||
47Cognitive Research Principles and ImplicationsOASpringer Nature · Switzerland | 1.99Q1 | 4.55 1.77 up from 2018 | 136 | 100% | $1,990 | ||
48Human Brain MappingOAWiley · United States | 1.97Q1 | 4.82 0.44 down from 2018 | 1,184 | 96% | $3,520 | ||
49The NeuroscientistSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.97Q1 | 5.39 0.42 up from 2018 | 156 | 23% | $4,400 | ||
50Health Information Science and SystemsSpringer Nature · United Kingdom | 1.94Q1 | 4.87 2.40 up from 2018 | 43 | 100% | $2,590 |
Citations made in 2019. Corpus-wide, 83.4% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
91 additional Neuroscience journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2016–2018, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2019. Publication window: 2016–2018. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 328
- Window papers (baseline)
- 187,130 +0.8% from indicator year 2016
- Median OJR
- 1.06 -1.8% from indicator year 2016
- Rising journals (2025)
- 30Comparison-group list (30)
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2016–2018 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Ranked journals | 196 | 201 | 210 | 220 | 223 | 230 | 231 | 238 | 242 | 248 | 266 | 276 | 290 | 292 | 295 | 306 | 314 | 319 | 321 | 328 | 332 | 344 | 352 | 356 | 360 | 355 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 92,779 | 97,762 | 100,667 | 104,810 | 108,324 | 115,003 | 120,244 | 126,308 | 131,531 | 143,118 | 150,842 | 164,012 | 167,583 | 173,307 | 175,900 | 181,549 | 185,572 | 184,543 | 184,806 | 187,130 | 193,371 | 201,253 | 210,793 | 215,142 | 216,969 | 218,119 | |
| Median OJR | 0.79 | 0.84 | 0.889 | 0.91 | 0.924 | 0.998 | 1.04 | 0.9996 | 1.024 | 1.094 | 1.146 | 1.136 | 1.16 | 1.150 | 1.141 | 1.086 | 1.083 | 1.076 | 1.022 | 1.06 | 1.01 | 0.93 | 0.918 | 0.90 | 0.890 | 0.86 |
| Measure | Category statistic | Eligible population |
|---|---|---|
| Journal self-citation share | Median: 3.2% | 293 journals |
| Retracted papers per 1,000 | Pooled rate: 0.951 per 1,000 | 257 journals |
| Output growth | Median: -9.4% | 327 journals |
| Open access share | Median: 68.0% | 355 journals |
| Listed APC (USD) | Median including $0 listed prices: $3,555 | 226 ranked journals with a known listed price, including $0 listed prices |
| International collaboration share | Median: 27.0% | 344 journals |
| Review share | Median: 1.4% | 355 journals |
| Articles-only OJR | Median: 0.86 | 349 journals |
| Uncited share | Median: 27.2% | 355 journals |
| Citation concentration | Median: 43.1% | 355 journals |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.